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Re: gethostbyaddr without /etc/{resolv,nsswitch}.conf
- From: ludo at gnu dot org (Ludovic CourtÃs)
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>
- Cc: "libc-help\ at sourceware dot org" <libc-help at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:39:11 +0100
- Subject: Re: gethostbyaddr without /etc/{resolv,nsswitch}.conf
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"Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@systemhalted.org> skribis:
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Ludovic CourtÃs <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Should the DNS name service always return NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL when
>> resolv.conf is missing? Or should the default config for reverse hosts
>> lookups be âdns filesâ? Or...?
>
> This is really a policy issue that should be discussed on libc-alpha
> and documented and or code fixed and then documented.
OK, will bounce there.
Thanks,
Ludoâ.